Shade-holder.



A. E. WIEDENHOEFT. SHADE HOLDER, APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, 1915.

Patented Feb. 12,1918..

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ARTHUR E. WIEDENHOEFT, 0F CHIC-AGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONEJ-IALF TO HARRY A.

BEST, or onroaeo, ILLINOIS.

SHADE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Anirn'ui: l ll rnonw nonr'r, a citizen of die United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and Stale of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shadololdcrs, or which the following is a specilication.

The present in .'oution relates to shade holders ci'nnprising a shade engaging flange, bracket, rinn ring, i rame, collar, band, or socket-piece and a lamp-socket engaging portion which in the removable types of shade holders usually consists oi? a cylindrical superstriu-iure on the shade holding ring.

(hi-c of the objects of the present improvement is to simplify and reduce the cost of construction by removing the aforementioned superstructure in the removable type of shade holder. .inother object of the invention is to remedy the weaknesses and instabilities usually inherent in the superstructure gripping portions by reason oi? the trailties in their lamp socket bead engaging tongues and their instaliiility o'l hold, by projecting from the shade-holding ring itself short. comparatively rigid and securely supported lamp-socket bead-engaginp; tongues disposed at an angle which causes weightor downward pull to tighten instead of release their grip upon the la-i'np socket and its head. d still iurther object is to attain these improvemon'ts in a removable shade holder, at ncrcased strength, rigidity, and security of hold. with the use of a reduced anioiuit of material, with reduc tion in weight and bulk i'or packing, shipping and storing purposes.

lVith these objects in view my invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter described in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and incorporated in the appended claims.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is an elevation of a lamp socket and socket cover, a lamp therein, partly broken away, and my improved shade holder supporting a fragment of a shade, the holder and shade being shown in vertical section.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the shade holder.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan iew thereof,

Fig. i is a perspective view thereof and Fig. 5 is a section taken substantially on. the line m-w of Fig.

In the several views represents a lamp socket or socket cover; 3, a lamp therein; l, the shade holder, and 5, a shade sup ported by said holder, the holder itself? being supported on the usual head 6 of the well known form of lamp socket shown in Fig. 1.

The shade engaging portion of the present. improvement consists oi the usual ring. 7, having thereon threaded lugs 8, 9 and 10 with which screws 11, engaging the usual flange channel 12 of a shade, have threaded engagement. The ring 7 is a vertical flange formed on the body of the shade holder which has an annular portion 13 which. forms an angle with the ring 7 and which lends substantial rigidity to the shade-engaging portion of the holder. The annular portion 13 is the imperi orato peripheral portion of a disk the inner part of which is cut and formed as with a die to provide an exceptionally firm and stable socket-engaging portion, which also forms an angle to the shade holding outer part, the shade holder as a whole being, substantially,what might be termed an endless channel iron one of the Side wings of which supports the shade while the other side wing engages the lamp socket and bead thereon.

The inner wing oi said channel form ol holder, or the wing which engages the socket, is out to form an unbroken ring 14 which engages the head 6 from below and a series of three spring lugs 15, 1.6 and 17 which rest upon the head 6 and have sufficient flexibility to permit forcing the head 6 over them from above. These spring lugs 15 to 17 are of concavo-convex form as shown and are thus dished both lengthwise and laterally in conformity with the curvature of the body of the holder. They are therefore quite rigid even when made of thin metal. Similarly curved webs 18, 19 and 20 connect the annular portion 13 with the ring 14 and are integral parts thereof, Owing to the length oi each of the parts 15 to 20 being but little more than the width of the usual band 7 more than ample rigidity and strength is secured for the socket engaging portion of the holder without utilizing all of the metal of the inner wing of the channel formed body and cutouts are made at 21, 22, 23, 2 4, 25, and 26 between the ring 14 supporting webs and the spring lugs. The latter may be disengaged from the bead 6 by prying them over the bead with the aid of any suitable tool. In the absence of a special tool for that purpose an ordinary screw driver or a knife blade will serve for that purpose.

I claim as my invention 1. A chanel-form body stamped out of a single sheet of metal, the outer wall or rim of which is provided with means for supporting a shade, the inner Wall or rim having struck-out portions providing spring lugs and an unbroken ring which are adap-t ed to engage, respectively, the upper and lower side of a lamp-socket bead.

2. The combination with a shade and a lamp-socket of the class described, of a ch annel torm holder the inner wall, rim, or flange of which has therein integral struck-out portions which form spring-lugs, and an unbroken ring between which the lamp socket head is engaged, and means upon the outer rim, wall or flange of said channel-form holder for securing thereto a shade.

3. A shade-holder which consists of a single disk of metal stamped into the form of an annular inverted channel body which includes an inner unbroken and an outer unbroken ring-form flange, said inner flange being provided with integral stamped out spring portions which leave an unbroken ring and connective supporting portions therefor, said spring portions and said ring being adapted to engage therebetween a lampsocket bead, and means in connection with said outer unbroken ring-form flange for supporting a lamp shade thereupon.

4. A shade holder consisting of a stamped out ring-form body comprising an annular disk and an inner and an outer flange depending from said disk, said inner flange having cut out portions which provide a ring and spring clips or lugs adapted to engage, respectively, the lower and the upper side of a lamp socket bead, and means upon said outer flange for supporting a shade thereon.

5. A shade holder which consists of a stamped out body having an inner and an outer depending flange, said outer flange Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each. by addressing being provided with means for supporting a shade thereon, and said inner flange having cut out portions'forming spring lugs and a ring adapted to engage therebetween the bead of a lamp socket.

6. A shade holder consisting of a disk having a peripheral depending flange and depending spring lugs between which flange and lugs a shade rim is held, and a ring below the tips of said lugs, said ring and lugs adapted to engage a lamp socket head.

7. A shade holder which consists of an annular disk stamped into the form of a depending shade-supporting flange, having a continuous lamp socket bead-engaging ring suspended therefrom, and spring lugs struck out of said disk which cooperate with said ring in an engagement of opposite sides of the lamp socket bead.

8. A shade holder which consists substantially of a channel-form body having as an integral part thereof an inner continuous ring and an outer flange depending from an intermediate connective portion, means for securing a lamp shade to the outer flange, and a series of spring lugs struck out of said body and constituting a lamp socket grip which cooperates with said ring.

9. In a shade holder an annular disk por tion, a flange depending from the outer edge of said portion, a series of tongues or spring lugs which depend from the inner edge of said portion and converge downwardly toward each other and form struts adapted to bear against a lamp socket head, a stamped out ring having integral webs between said tongues or spring lugs, said ring adapted to engage the lamp socket bead and to form a stop against upward movement of the holder on said socket, and means for securing a shade to said holder.

10. A shade holder comprising an outer flange, and a connective portion which together form an angle, spring lugs, and a ring suspended from said connective portion, said ring adapted to engage the under side of a lamp socket or socket cover bead and said lugs adapted to rest upon said head.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed mv name.

ARTHUR E. WIEDENHOEFT.

the Commissioner of latents,

Washington, D. C. 

